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English
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Many young Christians are waking up to the realities of climate change but just don't know how to help. Through stories from the field, theological and scriptural exploration, and practical advice, this field guide from Christian climate activist Kyle Meyaard-Schaap helps us take meaningful action grounded in the joy of caring for creation.
42) Heartbeat
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Separated from her mother, a young whale swims the oceans for decades until she finds a young girl who shares her vision of one planet for which all are responsible.
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Series
Women of power volume 10
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Sarah reached out to women around the world who are tirelessly working to repair our climate. They are scientists, policymakers, journalists, lawyers, activists, professors, researchers, and organizers. Their lives are absorbed in seeking solutions. Here they walk readers through the steps to change. They show us what we can-- and must-- do for our future. Their advice? Do the work. Join an organization. Ask for help. And most important, get into...
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Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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Thirteen-year-old Nikki Demere is an orphan and a kleptomaniac, making her the perfect girl to portray the Trevors' daughter in witness protection, but she soon learns that the biggest threat to her new family's security comes from her own past.
47) Legally dead
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Pub. Date
2008.
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English
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Guilt-ridden for failing to protect two young girls, former U.S. Marshal Michael Venturi draws on his skills with the Witness Protection Program to help people start over with new identities, a private business that goes wrong when someone begins murdering his clients.
48) Blue-eyed devil
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Series
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English
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Refusing recruitment by ambitious new chief Amos Callico, itinerant lawmen Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch protect local merchants who the chief is harassing for protection money, a situation that escalates to the shooting of a politically connected landowner's son.
50) Protecting land
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Publisher
Child's World
Pub. Date
c2012.
Language
English
Description
Presents twelve tips for protecting land, including composting and supporting conservation groups, and explains how each action positively impacts the environment.
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Celebrate young climate change activists in this charming story about an empowered girl who shows up, listens up, and ultimately, speaks up to inspire her community to take action against climate change. After attending a climate march, a young activist is motivated to make an effort and do her part to help the planet... by organizing volunteers to work to make green changes in their community, from cleaning a lake, to planting trees, to making composting...
54) The family tree
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Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
In the 1800s, a man clearing land in a beautiful forest to build a home leaves one special tree, but many years later the tree is in trouble, and the man's great-great grandson enlists a host of animal friends to try to save it.
57) Clean water
Author
Publisher
Child's World
Pub. Date
c2012.
Language
English
Description
Outlines twelve simple tips for preserving the Earth's clean water supply, including taking shorter showers and planting trees, and explains each action's effect on the environment.
Author
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Transporting readers from derelict homesteads to Cold War test sites, Curated Decay presents an unparalleled provocation to conventional thinking on the conservation of cultural heritage. Caitlin DeSilvey proposes rethinking the care of certain vulnerable sites in terms of ecology and entropy, explaining how we must adopt an ethical stance that allows us to collaborate with?rather than defend against?natural processes.
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Series
Publisher
Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Invasive species are taking over native plants habitats. Common control methods are dangerous or impractical. Some people are now turning to goats as a nontoxic and versatile way to deal with invasive species. Controlling Invasive Species with Goats look at the history of using goats to graze plants, why they work, and the research thats being done to learn more.
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